chktex(1)

1chktex(1)                   General Commands Manual                  chktex(1)
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NAME

6       chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.
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SYNOPSIS

9       chktex   [-hiqrW]  [-v[0-...]]  [-l  <rcfile>]  [-[wemn]  <[1-42]|all>]
10       [-d[0-...]] [-p <name>] [-o <outfile>] [-[btxgI][0|1]] file1 file2 ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX
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OPTIONS

16       Miscellaneous options:
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18       -h --help
19              Print a help screen.
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21       -i --license
22              Show distribution information.
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24       -l --localrc
25              Read local .chktexrc formatted  file.
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27       -d --debug
28              Debug information. Give it a number.
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30       -r --reset
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33       Muting warning messages:
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36              Makes msg # given a warning and turns it on.
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47       -L --nolinesupp
48              Do not allow per-line suppressions.  These are TeX  comments  of
49              the form % chktex ## .
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54       -v --verbosity
55              How   errors   are   displayed.   Default  1,  0=Less,  2=Fancy,
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58       -V --pipeverb
59              How errors are displayed when stdout != tty.   Defaults  to  the
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93              Show errors found in front of \begin{document}
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99       If  no LaTeX files are specified on the command line, we will read from
100       stdin.   For explanation of warning/error messages, please consult  the
101       main document /usr/share/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.dvi.gz.
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DISTRIBUTION

105       Copyright (C) 1996 Jens T. Berger Thielemann
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107       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
108       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
109       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
110       option) any later version.
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112       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
113       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
114       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
115       Public License for more details.
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117       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
118       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
119       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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ENVIRONMENT

123       No environment variables are used.
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FILES

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AUTHOR

129       Jens T. Berger Thielemann, <jensthi@ifi.uio.no>
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131       This    manual    page    was   cobbled   together   by   Clint   Adams
132       <schizo@debian.org>,  based  on  the  output  of  "chktex  --help"  and
133       deweb(1).
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